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Old 08-22-2010, 07:07 PM
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August 23rd
1754 ~ Birthday of King Louis XVI of France.

1806 ~ Death of Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist.

1833 ~ Slavery was abolished in the English colonies.

1912 ~ Birthday of Gene Kelly, Dancer & Actor.

1926 ~ Death of Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor.

1927 ~ Italian-born anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed in Boston.

1962 ~ First live television connection between the United States and Europe, via the Telstar satellite.

1981 ~ Birthday of Carmen Luvana, Porn actress.

1990 ~ Saddam Hussein appeared on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests”.

1996 ~ Osama bin Laden's fatwa entitled "A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places" was published in Al Quds Al Arabi.
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